CONTENTS. Preface vii Introduction xiii CHAPTER I. To St. Peter's on the Vatican 1 CHAPTER II. The Holy Father — The Vatican Palace — Neighbourhood of St. Peter's 35 CHAPTER III. To St. John Lateran and the Holy Places on the Coelian 60 CHAPTER IV. To St. Mary Major and the Holy Places on the Esquiline 96 CHAPTER V. To St. Paul's and Tre Fontane 129 CHAPTER VI. To S. Lorenzo Outside the Walls, and to Santa Croce in Gerusanemme 148 CHAPTER VII. To the Capitol and Forum 172 CHAPTER VIII. To the Colosseum and Palatine 197 CHAPTER IX. To S. Sisto and the Catacombs of St. Callixtus on the Appian Way 219 CHAPTER X. From the Quirinal to Porta Pia, and S. Agnese Outside the Walls 245 CHAPTER XI. To The Aventine 270 CHAPTER XII. To the Island in the Tiber and to S. Cecilia in Trastevere 291 CHAPTER XIII. To S. Maria in Trastevere and to theJaniculan Hill 314 CHAPTER XIV. From the Gese to S. Agnese in Piazza Navona 334 CHAPTER XV. From Piazza Navona to S. Girolamo della Carita and S. Maria in Valliceina 357 CHAPTER XVI. From the Forum of Trajan to the Corso and the Pincian Hill 375 CHAPTER XVII. From the Piazza di Spagna to Porta Salaria and the Cemetery of Priscilla 401 CHAPTER XVIII. To Prati di Castello and Via Ripetta 413 CHAPTER XIX. To the Rooms and Homes of the Saints 422 CHAPTER XX. The Lenten Stations — Visit to the Seven Churches 427 CHAPTER XXI. Facts, Traditions, Legends, Relics : their authenticity 435 Part II. Interesting Places and Shrines near Rome 441 Index to Part 1 505 Index to Part II 521 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Paragraph Facing No. page His Holiness Pope Pius X. Frontispiece. Map of the City of Rome. Plan of Old St. Peter's 6 Plan of present Basilica : St. Peter's 22 8 St. Peter's Basilica 9 1O Interior of St. Peter's 16 16 St. Peter's Chair 17 24 St. Peter receives the Keys 34 28 The Vatican Library 35 28 The Scala Reale 40 28 Cappella Sistina 41 35 Ponte S. Angelo 54 45 The Lateran Basilica 55 46 Apse of the Lateran Basilica 66 46 Interior of the Lateran 67 56 The Lateran Piazza 76 69 Clivus Scauri 77 73 S. Gregorio 92 81 S. Pudenziana 93 86 St. Mary Major 108 86 Interior of St. Mary Major's 109 92 S. Prassede 114 94 S. Martino al Monti 115 98 Michael Angelo's Statue of Moses 122 108 S. Maria in Cosmedin 123 121 The Cloister, St. Paul's 130 122 St. Paul's Basilica 131 122 Interior of St. Paul's 142 123 High Altar, St. Paul's 143 125 Tre Fontane 146 132 S. Lorenzo outside the Walls 147 133 Interior of S. Lorenzo 150 133 The Sanctuary, S. Lorenzo 155 143 Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 162 154 The Capitol. Il Campidoglio 163 156 Ara Cceli 182 164 The Roman Forum 183 170 Tomb of St. Frances of Rome 192 176 The Colosseum 193 181 The Arch of Constantine 205 182 The Arch of Titus Facing page 209 182 The Palatine Hill 230 201 The Crypt of the Popes (Catacombs) 231 202 The Crypt of St. Cecilia (Catacombs) 236 202 Tomb of St. Cornelius, P.M. (Catacombs) 237 206 Appian Way 244 208 Piazza del Quirinale 245 218 Porta Pia 260 223 St. Agnes' Basilica 261 224 St. Agnes, V.M 264 233 S. Giorgio in Velabro 265 238 S. Sabina 276 244 S. Alessio 277 246 S. Anselmo 282 261 The Tiber Island 283 265 S. Cecilia 304 265 Tomb of St. Cecilia 305 263 St. Cecilia and St. Valerian 310 275 S. Maria in Trastevere 319 275 S. Maria in Trastevere (Interior) 320 279 Tempietto di Bramante (S. Pietro in Montorio) 321 288 S. Onofrio. The Cloister 332 289 The Gesh (Exterior) 333 289 The Gesh (Interior) 342 295 The Pantheon 343 306 Piazza Navona 354 314 The Cancelleria 355 318 St. Philip Neri 368 320 St. Ignatius teaching Catechism 369 323 S. Maria in Vallicella 374 325 The Forum of Trajan 375 330 Fontana di Trevi 384 332 Piazza Colonna 385 338 Piazza del Popolo 394 342 The Pincio, seen from Piazza del Popolo 395 344 Trinity dei Monti 400 349 Piazza della Propaganda 401 353 Collegio Germanico 406 374 The Room of St. Ignatius 407 374 The Room of St. Aloysius 424 374 The Room of St. Stanislaus 425 The three Patrons of Youth 432 Digitized by Google.

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